Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All systems based on the ideal of equality break down in action : that is a point that might be expected of Waugh , but it is Orwell who makes it the more forcefully : ‘ Some animals are more equal than others ’ , as the pigs decree in Animal Farm , symbolising the easy self-justifications of Leninists in taking and keeping power . |
| 2 | Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . |
| 3 | It was Wilde who christened her the ‘ Sphinx ’ , the name by which she was thereafter known to her friends . |
| 4 | Seven years later it was Meg who got him the audition on TV 's Opportunity Knocks which was to give him his big break . |
| 5 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 6 | It was Virginia who gave me the clue . |